Filling for mattresses and cushions



M. L. MAUSSNER. FILLING FOR MATTRESSES AND CUSHION-S.

APPLICATION FILED NOV- 25, l91 8.

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MADELINEL. MAUSSNEB, OF .COLLINGSWOOD, NEW JERSEY.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented 30, 1920.

Application filed November 25. 1918. Serial No. 263,968.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it know that I, MADELINE L. MAnssurn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Collingswood, in the county of Camden and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in F illing for Mattresses and Cushions, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in mattresses, cushions and the like, and particularly relates to a filling for mattresses and cushions, and particularly automobile cushions.

In carrying out my invention I form a filling for mattresses and cushions consisting of loose curled hair or vegetable fiber which is interlaced by drawing strands of.

the material through the bulk, so that the bulk of material will be formed into sheets. The sheet of interlaced material thus formed retains its shape and it can be inserted into a ticking to form a mattress or into a covering to form a cushion.

The object of my invention is to provide a filling for cushions and mattresses having reinforced edges which will make the outer edges of the cushion or mattress firmer than the center thereof and also to provide against the mattress or cushion becoming low or thin on the edge from persons sitting on the edge of the same. A further object of my invention is to form a filling for mattresses and cushions consisting of one or more sheets of material, with additional layers of material inserted between them to make the filling firmer at the edges thereof, and still further object of my invention is to turn the raw edges of the material into the bulk of the material and thus form a finished surface, around the sides and ends of the mattress or cushion.

Referring to the accompanying'drawing:

Figure 1, is a sectional perspective view of my improved mattress. Fig. 2, is a transverse section of an automobile cushion filler, with only thefront edge reinforced, and Fig. 3, is a transverse section showing how the mattress may be formed from a single block of material.

In the accompanying drawing in which like reference characters refer to like parts, 1 and 2 represent sheets of interlaced hair, or fiber, which may be placed one above the other to form a thick body portion, as shown in Fig. 1. The edges 3 of eachsheet are turned inwardly upon themselves and secured between the sheets 1 and 2 by suitcompression to a greater extent than the center of the filling which is composed of loosely interlaced material to make the center of the mattress or cushion more resilient than the edges.

A filler for automobile cushions may be formed with one edge only reinforced as shown in Fig. 2'. The reinforced edge will become the front edge of the cushion where the reinforcing is necessary.

The body of the filling for mattresses and the like may be made from a single sheet of material, as shown in Fig. 3. The edge of the sheet 15 is split to form two parallel edges 16 and 17, which latter are turned inwardly and secured by the fastening devices 5, which bind all the layers of material tightly together and form a firm edge. I

\Vhen the edges 3 are turned inwardly, as shown in Fig. 1, the side surface 6, is formed of the same texture'and finish as the body of the material and the surface 6 of the edges are much smoother than they would be the raw edges were exposed.

Having thus described my invention I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A filling for mattresses or cushions comprising, a body portion of interlaced filling material having its outer edge containing a greater amount of the same material than the center of the body portion, the said outer edge of the mattress formed by turning the edge of the body portion back upon itself, and fastening means for holding the said turned edge and the body portion adjacent thereto compressed to a thickness approximately the same as the center of the body portion.

2. A filling for mattresses or cushions comprising, a body portion of filling material with the portion adjacent to the edge thereof containing a greater amount of material than the center of the body por-.

tion, said outer edge portion formed of parallel layers turned inwardly upon themselves, and fastening means passing through the mattress adjacent to the outer edge thereof and through the said inwardly turnedlayers for holding the outer edge of the body portion compressed to a thickness approximately the same as the center of the mattress.

3. A filling for mattresses 0r cushions comprising a body portion of filling material, two parallel layers formed on the body .meansfor securing the said turned edges together.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

MADELINE L. MAUSSNER. 

